Farmer named to state board for district

A Sangamon County farmer will represent Morgan, Cass, Scott and four other counties on the board of directors of the Illinois Farm Bureau.

Mark Reichert of Sangamon County was nominated to a two-year term to represent the district. He is a real estate agent for The Real Estate Group and raises corn, soybeans and seed beans near Auburn with his father and brother-in-law.

Reichert has previously served on the Sangamon County Farm Bureau board of directors in various capacities, including as vice president and president.

Reichert ]is a member of the Illinois Corn Growers Association and Illinois Soybean Association and has served on the Virden Community School District board. He is on the agriculture advisory board to state Rep. Sara Wojcicki-Jimenez and is a member of several community organizations, including the Virden Masonic Lodge, Springfield Ansar Shriners and the Girard chapter of the Royal Arch Masons.

Reichert is a member of the Virden Church of the Brethren. He and his wife, Callie, have five children and one granddaughter.